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  After boatyard plan falls through, assembly to reconsider haulout options

  Sitka is without a working boat haulout, following the closure of the facility that served most of the fishing fleet at Halibut Point Marine. Last summer, Read More »

• Working Waterfront: Gulf Seafood on county’s agenda today

  The Monroe County Commission will take the first significant step today in purchasing the former Gulf Seafood commercial working waterfront on Stock Island. The commission will Read More »

• Kotzebue Fishery Closes Early with ‘3rd Best Harvest in Over 25 Years’

  The commercial fishing season in Kotzebue came to a close Friday, and while both the chum salmon run and the payout to fishermen pales in comparison Read More »

• Elver fishermen unite as tribes agree to new rules

  Last year, Maine fishermen harvested elvers worth more than $11.4 million from the state’s streams and rivers. That made the fishery for the tiny, translucent juvenile Read More »

• Crab season: ‘It’s strange for them to be so full at the first of the season’

  CHARLESTON, Ore. — With Dungeness crab season now in full swing, commercial fishermen are flooding Oregon’s coastal ports with thousand of pounds of crab. Scott Adams, Read More »
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  Tropical Storm Isaias no longer forecast to restrengthen into hurricane, forecasted impacts remain the same

  Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to move northward and skirt the east coast of Florida today. While Isaias is no longer forecast to restrengthen into a Read More »
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  All about freshness: Local seafood rushed to markets near and far

  As the crew of the Jenna Lynn II offloaded its catch earlier this month at the Town Dock, Eddie Gambardella watched as six of his employees Read More »
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  Ekofish orders twin-rigger from Stellendam yard

  Dutch fishing company Ekofish Group has contracted Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam to build a new twin-rig trawler. The design and equipment of the new vessel will Read More »
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  Fishermen did a good job freeing Owl

  I’ve read the articles concerning “Owl” the whale and conclude that another opinion needs to be expressed that was not present in the article, which conveyed Read More »

• Viewers react to Oregon-set ‘Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove’: ‘Two thumbs up and a raised beer’

  The “Deadliest Catch” spinoff, “Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove” premiered Tuesday night on the Discovery Channel, with footage of Dungeness crab captains and crews sailing out of Read More »
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  KitchenAid Unveils New Lobster Sedation Kit To Reduce Cruelty Of Boiling Them Alive

  “KitchenAid has developed a more humane method of lobster preparation that helps manage the pain a lobster feels upon being dropped into a 16-quart pot of Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, July 12, 2015

  The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »
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  New Brunswick fishermen fill St. Andrews Wharf Saturday as they call for change on the water

  It’s not what you expect to see in St. Andrews but mixed in amongst the whale watching boats and small vessels, dozens of lobster fishing boats Read More »
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  Hurricane Ida: Local trawler pushing forward, despite changes in the industry

  Louisiana – Local trawler Brad Duet has been trawling for all of his adult life. “I make a good living, and I love what I do. Read More »

• Is This the End of the Line for Louisiana’s Vietnamese Shrimpers?

  On a two-net trawler at the mouth of the Mississippi River, a Vietnamese shrimping crew burns fake money and incense. The captain, Phuoc Nguyen, throws rainbow-colored Read More »
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  South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting March 4-8, 2019 at Westin Jekyll Island, Ga.

  The public is invited to attend the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to be held March 4-8, 2019 at Westin Jekyll Island; 110 Ocean Way Jekyll Read More »
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  Lobster fishermen are putting canopies over the formerly open deck

  Some lobster fishing boats are sporting a new look this year. Fishermen are installing canopies over the formerly open deck behind the wheel house. It’s all Read More »
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  Bernadette Jordan: Honouring treaties begins with relearning the history behind them

  Nova Scotia’s relationship with Indigenous peoples is rooted in Treaties of Peace and Friendship. These Treaties set out long-standing commitments, mutual obligations and benefits between the Read More »

• Newlyn fishermen to stage protest ahead of EU referendum

  NEWLYN fishermen were among those who decorated London-bound boats to campaign against Britain remaining in the European Union last week – and they’re not finished yet. Read More »
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  Canada unveils 2020 protection measures for North Atlantic right whales

  Over the past several years, Canada has put in place comprehensive measures to help protect this species from interactions with fishing gear and vessels.,, announced the Read More »

• You are invited to the 2017 Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association’s Annual Weekend and Industry Trade Show January 19-22, 2017

  You are invited to the 2017 Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association’s Annual Weekend and Industry Trade Show  January 19-22, 2017 This event is open to all and admission is Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 2022 36′ Wayne Beal Lobster Boat, 500 HP C90

  To review specifications, information, and 10 photos’,>click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 08:40 Read More »
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  The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi River

  “There’s not a son of a bitch in this parish, or within this industry, that doesn’t want coastal restoration,” Acy Cooper, the president of the Louisiana Read More »

• At-Sea Monitoring Costs Too Expensive

  The letter asked NOAA to fully fund the at-sea monitoring program, and even suggested a system of virtual monitoring. Read more Read More »
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  Body of Shrimper Reported Missing Pulled From Lake Pontchatrain, Louisiana

  William Segrave, 65, left home Thursday afternoon in his 28-foot shrimp boat. He was reported missing Friday after family members found his empty boat still in Read More »